issue with my submission - 4.2 - Design - Minimum Functionality

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Hi,

Got my first submission rejected due to Design - Minimum Functionality and would like to ask for some guidance on what to do.

To give some context of my app. My app is quite simple but solves a common issue in my home town. During the winter month, every street will have a certain time when parking is forbidden. This results in everyone having to move their car several times a week to avoid getting tickets. Every time you move, you need to note and remember when to move it again, etc. A parking ticket for forgetting is around 140 USD.

My app aims to solve this by letting the user press a button which makes the app use the current GPS location to fetch the parking relevant parking restriction and create a notification the day before, reminding the user to move their car. Simple UI and nothing fancy. I've also created onboarding that gives relevant information the first time a user open their app.

I'm a bit on the fence on what I should do to pass. In my opinion, the functionality is more than a website because it uses GPS, creates notifications, loading spinner when parking restrictions are being fetched, has onboarding, etc. I think an issue that might cause the reviewer to dismiss it is that it currently only work in my specific town - it uses certain APIs to fetch the parking restrictions.

So, should I try to create more functionality (not sure what) or do I need to clearly argue my case and demo my apps functionality via recordings?

Thanks in advance for any help and guidance :)

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Answer 1

Tomato OP

5h

What do you mean by

every street will have a certain time when parking is forbidden

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So your app reminds you to move your car. It doesn't really matter where it's currently situated, right? If that's the case, its objective is basically to send a notification, and the use of 'the current GPS location' doesn't really play a role, does it? Or does it compare the last location with the current position and tell you how many yards it has been moved?

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Answer 2

jwwikstrom OP

5h

What do you mean by

It means that each street have a specific time-frame each week when parking is forbidden. E.g. on one street it's forbidden to park between 8am-3pm on Mondays while another is Thursdays between 0am-8am. These parking restrictions are noted on signs at the beginning of each street.

The app will use the GPS location of the phone (while close to the car) to get the street location of your car, use the location to find the restriction under which your car is currently parked and finally send a reminder notification to move it before the parking restriction begins and you risk being fined.

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